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Just finished Steve Toltz - A Fraction of the Whole, which I think was recommended on here about 30 or 40 pages back. Bit of a sprawling mess of a book but compelling and quite funny most of the the way through.. Kind of a larger-than-life whackiness to it and it felt like the characters were mostly just vehicles for the mass of odd little ideas, theories and observations that he wanted to get across but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I still have this book waiting for me along with about six others. I've been slacking lately so I was hoping to get through some this week. I say this as I'm sitting on the couch with a bottle of wine watching crap movies. I should really turn off the TV.
yea, its good. I reckon it'd have made for a far better book if he stopped writing it about half-way through.
when you read it I reckon you'll see what I mean. Just goes on that bit too long and the plot tends towards the ridiculous at times. You get a sort of sense of scraping the barrel to prolong the plot and thats never good.
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
I wasn't mad about this. It reads like it was written with a lump hammer. It is very short though, so that is in its favour.
This;
It'll be nice to complete a book in days rather than in weeks (as per Bolano).
Incidentally, theres a worthwhile looking sale on in Hodges Figgis. Picked up the New York Trilogy by Auster for a fiver.
Started that yesterday. So far so Auster. Solid and dependable.
New York Trilogy is great, but has been know to drive people demented.
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